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New Massey!!?
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<blockquote data-quote="jakeboy" data-source="post: 1911211" data-attributes="member: 6432"><p>Interesting points raised here! Firstly the comment we have always bought Masseys! Yes I have heard this many times myself, not to be disrespectful to owners I think it's not as simple and clear cut as a lazy decision.</p><p>As someone who has purchased various makes and models of machinery over the years you are aware of good relationships with suppliers which you have dealt with for many years, the parts people the fitters, the list goes on, and more importantly the price of the machine!</p><p>I ran market leading Hitachi, Jcb, Komatsu but a stray into Daewoo, ( Doosan now) which was a far cheaper brand to buy and at that time lacked a little finess however,it was reliable and had good backup at that time! However like the Massey Combine residual values were somewhat on the floor unless a like 4 like part exchange for a new one.</p><p>But the point is this that Daewoo earned the same money as the other market leaders cost of ownership was negligible and when it came to dispose of machine you couldn't expect market leading residual returns as you never paid for that up front of the deal!</p><p>We have Massey combines from 1953 to 1987 yes I know old hat now and rightly so but if you strip the tin work off its a type of groundhog day scenario, in its lay out!</p><p>Regarding reliability well the sales figures would have us believe the Massey is a lemon, but how much of Massey problems is the machine, the build quality, and the disastrous product back up support should all be added to this very sorry tale, unless you live on the east coast where customers fair better in general!</p><p>With what I am hearing I think it's far to early to write this lot off!!</p><p>But what the he'll do I know I'm not even a farmer!!</p><p>Seasons greetings to all my forum friends!!</p><p>Jakeboy</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jakeboy, post: 1911211, member: 6432"] Interesting points raised here! Firstly the comment we have always bought Masseys! Yes I have heard this many times myself, not to be disrespectful to owners I think it's not as simple and clear cut as a lazy decision. As someone who has purchased various makes and models of machinery over the years you are aware of good relationships with suppliers which you have dealt with for many years, the parts people the fitters, the list goes on, and more importantly the price of the machine! I ran market leading Hitachi, Jcb, Komatsu but a stray into Daewoo, ( Doosan now) which was a far cheaper brand to buy and at that time lacked a little finess however,it was reliable and had good backup at that time! However like the Massey Combine residual values were somewhat on the floor unless a like 4 like part exchange for a new one. But the point is this that Daewoo earned the same money as the other market leaders cost of ownership was negligible and when it came to dispose of machine you couldn't expect market leading residual returns as you never paid for that up front of the deal! We have Massey combines from 1953 to 1987 yes I know old hat now and rightly so but if you strip the tin work off its a type of groundhog day scenario, in its lay out! Regarding reliability well the sales figures would have us believe the Massey is a lemon, but how much of Massey problems is the machine, the build quality, and the disastrous product back up support should all be added to this very sorry tale, unless you live on the east coast where customers fair better in general! With what I am hearing I think it's far to early to write this lot off!! But what the he'll do I know I'm not even a farmer!! Seasons greetings to all my forum friends!! Jakeboy [/QUOTE]
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